Biden is out. He has endorsed Kamala Harris. But we still don’t know who the Democrats will pick to run against Donald Trump. Whoever it is, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro will be considered as a running mate. Here is our […]
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Doug Mastriano will not run for the U.S. Senate
Last week the Pennsylvania state legislator and 2022 gubernatorial candidate teased us with the potential of a U.S. Senate run. Today he announced it is not going to happen. Here is Holly Otterbein at Politico: MAGA firebrand Doug Mastriano said […]
Doug Mastriano will announce next week if he is going to run for Senate
Here is Gilliam McGoldrick at The Philadelphia Inquirer: State Sen. Doug Mastriano plans to make an announcement next week about the decision he has made on whether he will run for U.S. Senate, in what he teased as “crazy good […]
Is Doug Mastriano an environmentalist?
The MAGA–election denier–Christian nationalist posted this today on his Facebook page: But what about climate change? 😉
Doug Mastriano’s comeback
The Pennsylvania Christian nationalist was defeated soundly in the November 2020 gubernatorial election. He is now staging a comeback. Here is WKOK News with a piece from Penn Live’s Charles Thompson: Doug Mastriano was back on the political stage in […]
Doug Mastriano concedes the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race to Josh Shapiro
This is from about 15 minutes ago:
Evidence of Doug Mastriano’s extremism from three Pennsylvania counties
As I watched the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race unfold last night, I was focused on three counties: Luzerne, Berks, and my home county of Cumberland. In 2020, Trump won all of these counties. Last night, GOP senatorial candidate Mehmet Oz won […]
Eric Metaxas expects Doug Mastriano will win today “by divine appointment” and it will a be “miracle”
Here is Metaxas discussing his experience at a Trump rally this weekend. He also attacks Atlanta pastor Andy Stanley, Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly, T.D. Jakes, and Creflo Dollar for not agreeing with his politics.
Former Pennsylvania governors urge Doug Mastriano and Josh Shapiro to accept the election results
Former governors Tom Ridge (R), Mark Schweiker (R), Ed Rendell (D), and Tom Corbett (R) have urged gubernatorial candidates Mastriano and Shapiro to accept the results of the 2022 election, which will be decided today. This warning probably applies more […]
Doug Mastriano’s Pickett’s Charge
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano loves to talk about the Battle of Gettysburg. Well, last night at Legacy Faith Church in Harrisburg, before a lot of empty seats, he made his Pickett’s Charge. As some of you know, Pickett’s Charge […]
More on Doug Mastriano’s Anabaptist Connections
Bonnie Kristian, author of the recent Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community, has a well-researched piece at New York Times on Doug Mastriano’s connection to a conservative Mennonite church. Here is a […]
Doug Mastriano’s Christian nationalism
The guy running for governor of Pennsylvania on the GOP ticket says that he is not a Christian nationalist. But if I were to name one person who best embodies Christian nationalism in American politics right now I would pick […]
Two former Army War College history professors say Doug Mastriano is unfit for office
Here is Inside Higher Ed: Some retired U.S. Army War College professors are speaking out against Republican Doug Mastriano’s controversial bid to become the next governor of Pennsylvania—a campaign in which Mastriano’s higher education credentials from a Canadian university also […]
A University of New Brunswick graduate student responds to the Doug Mastriano Ph.D controversy
Earlier today we called your attention to a Canadian Broadcasting Company story on Doug Mastriano’s Ph.D dissertation at the University of New Brunswick. In that post I noted that current University of New Brunswick students were concerned about the reputation […]
One of Doug Mastriano’s dissertation committee members speaks out about his “dishonest” and “sloppy” work
Here is the latest on Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano’s “academic” career: One of the members of his dissertation committee called his work, “dishonest, sloppy, tinged with religious zealotry, and indifferent to facts that contradicted his claims.” The committee member […]
Doug Mastriano airs his first television ad. It looks like he may be actually running for governor of Pennsylvania
Well, it looks like Mastriano actually IS running for governor of Pennsylvania! Some context on the ad. Here we go: Michael Sokolove has a nice overview of the Mastriano campaign today at The Atlantic. A taste: Mastriano’s campaign is severely underfunded, […]
If elected governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano will ban critical race theory, “pornographic” literature, and “pole dancing” in schools.
Yes, you read that correctly. Here is Alia Shoab at Insider: Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who is the Republican candidate for governor, said he would ban pole dancing in schools if he was elected. “On day one, the sexualization […]
Albert Mohler says he would vote for Kari Lake or Doug Mastriano and then tries to explain why he wouldn’t vote for a pro-life candidate who “could not uphold the Constitution.”
Yes, you read the headline correctly. Perhaps you are as confused as I am. Over at The New York Times, Astead Herndon, the son of a Christian pastor and the host of “The Run-Up” podcast, talks about evangelicals, Trumpism, and […]
Doug Mastriano holds a rally on the capitol steps. Pennsylvanians exercise their God-given right to watch the Penn State game.
What happens when you plan a big rally on the steps of the state capitol and less than 100 people show up? Perhaps it is a sign that people are not very excited about your campaign for governor. Here is […]
In December 2020, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano prayed that God would help him and other election deniers “seize power”
Here is Mastriano on December 30, 2020: Watch: Some comments: This is what we mean by “Christian nationalism.” Providential history is one of the defining marks of Christian nationalism. Notice how Mastriano prays as if he understands God’s purposes in […]